M 5.5 in Fiji on 23 Aug 2018 03:41 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1154676
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 543.87 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.1628 , -178.2124
Event Date: 23 Aug 2018 03:41 UTC
23 Aug 2018 15:41 Local
Exposed Population:
About 2000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Aug 2018 03:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000gfvm Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 146 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

4.3-Magnitude Earthquake, Aftershock Hits Western ColoradoFri, 24 Aug 2018 16:41:00 +0200.

An earthquake struck near Parachute, Colorado, on the morning of Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake, a 4.3 on the Richter scale, hit about 30 miles northwest of Parachute, 24 miles south-southwest of White River Cit
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Tiembla 69 veces el Anillo del Pacífico y California en riesgo de mega ... Thu, 23 Aug 2018 18:46:00 +0200.

En los días entre el domingo y el martes en la zona del Anillo de Fuego del Pacífico se produjeron 69 temblores , provocando temores de que se aproxime el llamado gran terremoto en la costa oeste de EE.UU., que se calcula podría alcanzar lo
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Terremoto devastador amenaza a California por la reciente actividad sí ... Thu, 23 Aug 2018 18:25:00 +0200.

En las últimas 48 horas han ocurrido 70 sismos en el peligroso Anillo de Fuego del océano Pacífico, informaron los científicos. El temblor más reciente tuvo una magnitud de 6,2 y ocurrió a 160 kilómetros de la costa, a la altura del límit
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¿Se viene el terremoto en California? Una ola de sismos en el Cinturón ... Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:10:00 +0200.

New York Post. Los terremotos han sacudido Indonesia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Japón, Fiji y Vanuatu, entre otros lugares. Este miércoles ha temblado la costa de Oregon con un sismo de magnitud 6,2 que no ha producido víctimas, según informa la
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),